From niches to norms: the promise of social tipping interventions to scale climate action

V Pizziol, A Tavoni - npj Climate Action, 2024 - nature.com
The net-zero transition poses unprecedented societal challenges that cannot be tackled with
technology and markets alone. It requires complementary behavioral and social change on …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of externalities on fishers' risk-taking decisions: Evidence from an experimental study at Lake Victoria, Uganda

PD Händel, DB Namuyiga - Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024 - Elsevier
Risk decisions by fishers are often accompanied by certain or uncertain externalities.
However, the consideration of these externalities in their risk decisions has received little …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of social information and luck on risk behavior of small-scale fishers at Lake Victoria

A Dannenberg, F Diekert, P Händel - Journal of Economic Psychology, 2022 - Elsevier
We use a lab-in-the-field experiment to examine how personal experience of good or bad
luck and information about the behavior of others influence the risk taking behavior of small …

[HTML][HTML] Path dependencies and institutional traps in water governance–Evidence from Cambodia

T Nhim, A Richter - Ecological economics, 2022 - Elsevier
In many parts of the world, social norms of cooperation are an important element of
decentralized water governance carried out by local communities. Field work in Cambodia …

Trading off autonomy and efficiency in choice architectures: Self-nudging versus social nudging

J Diederich, T Goeschl, I Waichman - Journal of Economic Behavior & …, 2025 - Elsevier
To overcome ethical objections to choice architecture interventions, Thaler and Sunstein
(2008) suggest asking individuals to set their own nudge autonomously. Our online …

Subsidizing compliance: A multi-unit price list mechanism for legal fishing nets at lake victoria

F Diekert, T Eymess, T Goeschl, S Gómez-Cardona… - 2022 - archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de
Like many common-pool resources, the Lake Victoria fisheries are characterized by poor
compliance with production input regulations that are intended to reduce overexploitation …

[HTML][HTML] Changing collective action: Nudges and team decisions

F Diekert, T Eymess - Games and Economic Behavior, 2024 - Elsevier
Nudges are widely used and a broad literature documents that they successfully affect
individual behavior. However, in most settings where nudges are needed to change …

Understanding amphibian pet trade stakeholders and their role in disease transmission management

G Haddock, AR Warwick - Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In an increasingly globalized society, wildlife trade facilitates the spread of invasive species
and diseases. Amphibians are of particular concern because of the chytrid fungus …

Lab-in-the-Field Methods in Development Economics: A Review of Current Practices

U Dasgupta, L Gangadharan… - Handbook of Experimental …, 2024 - papers.ssrn.com
Lab-in-the Field experiments can provide important behavioral insights on decisions made
by diverse populations in developing countries. We provide an overview of common …

Mathematical Modeling of the Nile Perch Fishery in Lake Victoria

J Kammerer - 2024 - archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de
The Lake Victoria ecosystem in East Africa is known to support the world's largest small-
scale freshwater fishery. Economically, the most valuable fish in this ecosystem is the Nile …